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Aug 2015
50m 35s

0: Jason & Stephen Talk Space

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Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett talk about New Horizons' Pluto discoveries, a newly-discovered Earth-like planet, and why space is back in the news.

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This episode was also published as B-Sides 12 on July 26, 2015.

Commercial Crew Program | NASA
New Horizons | NASA
Opportunity sol 4087 – Afternoon in Marathon Valley | Martian Vistas
Global Mosaic of Pluto in True Color | NASA
Stunning Nightside Image Reveals Pluto’s Hazy Skies | NASA
New Horizons Discovers Flowing Ices on Pluto | NASA
NASA Deep Space Network - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NASA Socials | NASA
NASA’s Kepler Mission Discovers Bigger, Older Cousin to Earth | NASA
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